SpaceX Continues Starlink Launch Program

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October 18, 2020
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space

Kennedy Space Center, FL. – This morning, October 18, 2020, SpaceX launched the next installment of the Starlink constellation of internet satellites. Liftoff occurred at 8:25 AM EDT from historic launch pad 39-A. This was the 14th batch of Starlink satellites bringing the number to 835 in orbit and the sixth flight of the first stage booster B1051. 

Falcon 9 launches from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

Previous flights include Starlink missions, satellite launches for Canada and the flight of unmanned Dragon for Demo-1. Shortly after launch, the booster made its sixth successful landing down range on the autonomous drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You”.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket heads downrange from Florida.  Destination: Orbit!. Photo Credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report Space

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